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This is Fieldsports Channel News .
Farmers are getting rich thanks to rat hunting. Sadly not in the UK but in Vietnam. According
to a report in VietnamNet, workers catch them in the fields and then sell them as a delicacy
for up to £2 per pound or US$5 per kilo. In the local currency, the rat hunters of
Hung Ha district earns tens of millions of *** every season.
Do you fancy being a gamekeeper for 48 hours? If you're aged between 14 and 16 you could
be in with a shot of winning a gamekeeping experience at Newton Rigg College in Cumbria.
Backed by BASC and the National Gamekeepers' Education Trust, it will be held at the College
on a weekend in July. All you have to do is write a short piece (no more than 200 words)
about why you want to come to participate in the Experience.
With money markets booming, there are some seriously expensive shooting estates for sale.
In Spain, Monte del Duque is for sale in Casares , Southern Spain for €40 million. Chargot
in Somerset is on the market through Savills for £7 million.
The World Wildlife Fund gives Namibia a ringing endorsement with a series of films this week.
It calls Namibia 'a powerfully bright spot' whose people have made the commitment to live
with and protect their wildlife.
Fancy A Land Rover Freelander 2 for a year? The Prince's Countryside Fund was set up to
support the people who live and work in the countryside. It is inviting applications for
its Land Rover bursary 2014, where it will be awarding five inspiring individuals or
organisations the use of a Land Rover Freelander 2 for a year. In this film 2 previous winner,
Sian Curley and Thomas Hartley explain how it helped them support their community and
grow their business.
And finally..It's the bird-shooting fundraiser other shooting and conservation charities
can only dream of. T. Boone Pickens (the bloke in the film) paid $130,000 in the auction
for four VIP tickets to a concert, and he also donated a quail hunt for six couples
to his Mesa Vista Ranch, which sold for $175,000.
You are now up to date with Fieldsports Channel News. Stalking the stories. Fishing for facts.
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